Computer History Wiki

The Computer History Wiki, "CHWiki" for short is self-described as "to supplement and augment , not to compete... to get information that would not be suitable for the format - folklore, stories, tips and tricks, tutorials/guides, et cetera."
It is online, searchable, and has a process for signing up as a contributor.
History
The Computer History Wiki's host, Gunkies.org, is a multi-purpose site. "Gunkies.org" was created as a personal site that has expanded its focus; the Wiki is a major focus.
The Wiki's focus is on "older" systems, including for maintaining older hardware or running older software on Simulators.
Open sourcing
It incorporates content from other resources, such as Flickr, and it covers many computing-related topics. Due to its availability under the GNU Free Documentation License, a copyleft license, it has in turn been incorporated in whole or part into other free content projects, such as .
Recognition
* Hacker News, which is over a decade old, uses - and cites them.
* A Looking-back "Top 10 Websites for Windows 95 Facts" listing listed Gunkies as one of their 10.
* Other social-media quote/cite them
* book citations
Impact
Impact has gone beyond individuals finding useful information.
Technical sites direct readers to Gunkies, One called it "a wiki dedicated to retro-computing." and it has attracted interest from contributors.
Origin of the Gunkies name
The web site is named for a fictitious product named Apple Gunkies.
Apple Gunkies
MIT had two radio stations, AM airing commercials, and FM operating as non-commercial. The latter aired Public service announcements between programs, but also at times aired "commercials for fictitious products." One of these fictitious products was named Apple Gunkies. The Boston Globe included their programming among its radio and television listings.
How it differs
Unlike , neither full length articles nor stubs, which migh be so-labelled yet have extensive
content feature footnotes or references.

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